US837879A - Process of forming an integral type-column. - Google Patents

Description

No. 887,879. PATENTED DEG. 4, 1906.

F. PIERCE.

PRGGBSS 0F FORMING AN INTEGRAL TYPE COLUMN.

APILIOATIQII MLM) JULY 1, 1905.

Unrrnn strains PATENT onirica.

FRANK PlERCE, UF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PROCESS OF FORMlNC-I AN lNTEGFAL TYPE-COLUMN.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 190e.

Application lilcd "il,v 1.1905. Serial No. 267,893.

- pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel method for producing typc-n'iatter from original linotype andA to the product produced by said. method, and

sity for employing the common stereotyping process.

Nith this and further objects in view the invention comprises certain novel steps of a process employed for producing a certain new and usci'ul product, as will hereinafter v or method.

The present improved process generically comprises assembling linotype-slugs inthe formof type-matter upon a smooth surface and locking said slugs together by the use of' binding-strips l,of `metal molded along the -edges of the type-matter, and this process may be carried'A out in any preferred manner.

A simple and efficient means of carrying l out this process is illustratedin the accompanying drawings,in which 1 indicates a suitable framing carrying a base 2, preferably of glass or porcelain or some other substance having a smooth even flat surface. l/Vhile Athis base may be an iinperforate plate eX- tending from side to side in the frame 1, it is preferably formed of-two bars which extend inwardly from the sides of the frame sufliciently to support the ends of the linotypeslugs. Within the framing 1 is arranged a the object in vien' is the saving i of type-metal and the obviating of the nec-esi binding-bar 3, lextending longitudinally ,of the frame and retained in position by any suitable removable blocks 4, interposed between said bar and the side ofthe framing 1. Near the opposite side of-the framing 1 is arranged a bar 5, similar in construction to bar 3 and adjustably held in position by suitable set-screws 6 6. Each of the bars 3 and 5 is formed at its inner edge'with a longitudinal bevel or rabbct 7, adapted to receive the binding-strip, as will hereinafter appear. At one end ofthe framing 1 is arranged an ordinary type-wedging device or quoin, which consists simply of oppositely-beveled camblocks designed to be moved longitudinally with respect to each other by means of a spur-key engaging rack-teeth carried by said blocl s the lrey beingdcsigned to be manually operated and carried independently of As this wedging device or quoin is well known in the art, it is considered unnecessary to describe the same in detail. The function of the same is solely the compression ofthe end ofthe column of typeslugs for clamping the type-slugs together laterally. 1t is of course well known in the art that inl carrying out the ordinary sl creotyping process the linotype-slugs are temporarily bound and pressed into papiermach. A matrix is thus formed which is then filled with molten type-metal, and as soon as the type-metal has cooled sufficiently the same is removed, trimmed on edges and back, planed, and is ready for the press. This process, due tothe variation in resistance of the parts of thepapier-mach, is liable to produce Ytype with uneven surfaces, besides necessitating the employment of 'a process expensive in labor and machinery, all of which is obviated by the present invention, the process of which may be carried out by the use of the elements above described or other suitable devices by the employment of the following specific steps:

' The linotype-slugs Q'are arranged in a column with the type-face in cont-act with the base 2, so that all of the type have their faces on a level, and the wcdging device or quoin 8 i in the place of the screws 6, if preferred. AaA

soon as the linctype-slugs have been clamped' in position a soldering-iron may be passed along the longitudinal ends of the slugs Within the beveled portion 7 of the bars 3 and 5, or anindependent strip of metal or separate particles lof metal may be placed within said beveled portions and melted by the use of an iron or connected so as to bind the ends of all of the slugs into a complete and integral type column or form; As soon as the molten metal within the beveled portion 7 has hardi Aened the entire column of slugs will be bound together in an integral body and is removed and the base of the slugs sawed ol, leaving a lthin sheet of metal with the type-face, and

' the lanin o eration ma then be carried P g P Y ,out 1n the usual manner.

. printers galley an Aimproved process a type-column resembling t time and labor required for t a stereotype-.plate is produced directly with the joinedfaces of the linotype-slugs, avoiding the expense and. the employment of the e production of the usual stereotypingwork and producingr a more even and perfect type-surface than the papier I nch matrix Inong the advantages f process can give. o lowlng the process' of this invention may be mentioned that of the use of the product in a subsequent revised.v edition of a printed volume, as the pages formed by this process can be readily cut into sections by severing the soldered ends, and the pieces may be employed for purposes oi" making up pages into proper lengths and vfor making room for new matter that it maybe found necessary to insert` l Having thus fully described Iny'invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. The herein-described process of forming a type-column consisting in clamping a plurality of linotype-bars with their typefaces resting upon a plain surface and fusing the adjacent ends of the bars and into an integral bod a type-column consisting in locking a lurality of linotype-bars in a galley, with 't eir type-faces resting upon the plain bottom of' the galley and fusing the adjacent ends of the bars and into an integral body. v

3. The herein-described process of forming a typc-column consisting in clamping a plu-- rality of linotype-bars with their type-faces resting upon aplain surface, fusing the adj acent ends of the bars into an integral body 2. T he herein-d escribed process of forming and removing the type-face from the back (if metal.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature I in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK PIERCE. Witnesses G. WARD KEMP, A. H. SCHUTT.

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